York should remember Oscar Plotkin's decision

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Dec 28, 2010 at 2:00 AM

York County will remember that developer from New York who rolled into York several years ago. He had options on the York Kingdom property and plans to develop that whole area into a destination resort.

Dec. 21 — To the Editor:

York County will remember that developer from New York who rolled into York several years ago. He had options on the York Kingdom property and plans to develop that whole area into a destination resort.

York officials and many citizens were skeptical of Oscar Plotkin and his plans, but he went through with his viability analyses, eventually concluding, that the property didn't have a lot of potential for him.

Of course he didn't have the incentive of "free infrastucture" via the establishment of tax increment financing zones. Fast forward to last week's York Planning Board meeting, where a citizen neighboring the latest town land grab questioned what the town planned to do with it. One of the selectmen declared that it would be great as an industrial park.

One has to wonder what the town fathers see that Plotkin couldn't. Plotkin, being a very successful developer, and the town already sitting with many properties which they would like to unload.

So as the year comes to a close, and the Capital Planning Committee develops proposals for future bonding to develop the York Kingdom area, let's remember Plotkin and his return-on-investment decision.

And let Kittery be forewarned, as it establishes TIF districts, not to be driven to subsequent decisions which rationalize the TIF decision.

D. Lincoln

Kittery, Maine

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